Jar-holding device.



H. W. DENNY. JAB HOLDING DEVICE. uruouxon nun JULY 12, 190a.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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H. W. DENNY. JAR HOLDING QEVICE. urmommn FILED JULY13,1908,

Patented Jan. 5,1909.

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INVENTOR. Hamy T. Denny:

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DENNY, OI? lNDlANAlULlS, lNlliAN/k.

JAR-HOLDING DEVICE.

Applicaiion filed July 13, 1908,

To all whom it may concern.- 4 Be it known that l, llanur Indianapolis, county W. Unsm', of of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and i and 1 do iii-ruby i useful J ardl olding Device declare that the following a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had 1 vmoved.

The invention is particularly adapted for use by housewives while canning fruit. When the jar is filled with the fruit at a very high temperature, it is extremely severe, in warm weather during which fruit is usually canned, for the housewife to hold the hot jar from rotation while lacing the ("a thereon. With the device I iave heroin shown, she can ilace the cap on without touching or holding the jar by hand, excepting; when the jar is placed in or removed from the holding device herein shown, as the mechanism here provided will hold the jar, means for holding and turning the cap is in common use. Therefore, this improvement relieves the canninp of fruit of much of its unpleasantness. Furthermore, it removes the danger of the jar breaking in the hands of the person placing the cap thereon and cutting and in uring the hands. Also the cap can be 'ilaced more tightly when the jar is firmly held by mechanism.

The chief feature of the invention, whereby the desired result accomplished, is in providing the apparatus with a flexible metallic band or the like adapted to extend around the jar a plural-lit of times, one end of said band being heh substantially stationary, and a lover or other means connected with the other end and ada ited to d raw and tighten the band. The, sair band; tlnirciorc, bears on a considerable surfaec and at many )oints of the fruit jar so as to distribute the 0 am ing pressure and automatically adiusting t e pressure 'to any irregularities in t m circumferentialsurface,whereby the jar will not be crushed or broken and the jar will be held absolutely from rotation. Along with the foregoing there is provided a spring or yielding connection between said clamping band and the lever for tightening it which greatly promotes the holding power of the band and Specification of Letters Patent.

l l l l and clamping l l l tudinal section thereof. on the line 3---3 of Fig.

Patented Jan. 6, 1905).

Serial No. 143,304.

reduces to a minimum the liability of break ing the jar.

Another feature of the invention, contributing toward. the successful holding of the jar", is in providing the jar with two sta tionary bearings or plates provided with holes in which the jar is placed that are spar-ed apart, and the clamping band is located between said holding plates so that the band will clamp the jar without displacing the same and the bearings between the hr and stationary holding plates will be distributed to avoid breakage.

The full nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

In the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of the device being broken away and parts shown ted lines.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longi, Fig. 3 is a section 2 showing the clan1p ing device not actuated. Fig. 4 is the same showing the clamping device actuated. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a clamping band with two coils.

in detail the principle of my invention is herein illustrated by a frame preferably formed of wood, having a bottom that. is removably clamped to a tab e 11 by the clamps 12. There are end plates 13 to said frame, a top plate14 and sidebars 15 that are separated to leave a s nice or lonitudinul slot for the operation oi mg lever 16, whereby the device is o erated. The top 14 is provided with a room. hole 20 in which the 111i" is placed and the bottom plate 10 is provided with a similar hole 21, sec Fi s. 1 and 2.

The ever 16 is fulerumed at itsroar end to the bracket 17 secured to the device and so as to act horizontally. The clamping strap 25 at one end is secured to the pin 26 extending downwardly from a lever 16 near its fulcrum and, therefore, so as to be 'al most stationary. The clamping band is coiled twice and the other end thereof is iastened to the free end of the sprin rod '27 that is held by the bracket 28 on tie lever 16. Said band is made sufliciontly resilient to maintain its form and the coil thereof when it is relaxed remains expanded within the cylindrical casing 30 that is secured to the bottom plate and extends to the top plate, and is concentric with the vertical center of the opening in the top but is some late 10 the actuatclamped to a table, parts by dots Va what larger than the diameter of said 0 ening so that it will hold a coil of the ban 25, when expanded, in a position that will enable the jar to be readily inserted in place within said coil. The cylinder 30 has two slots through which the ends of band 25 extend,

On the side of the frame a ratchet bar 32 is secured adapted to be cnga ed by the sprin awl 33 on the outer end 0 the handle to hol the handle in its actuated position, as shown in Fig. 4.

In operation the device is clamped on a table or any other convenient object and a fruit jar before it is filled is put in place, as shown in Figs. 1 and2, andthcn filled. Then the lever 16 is actuated from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in F1 4, which causes the band 25 to draw tightly around thefruit jar and clamp it so as to hold it from rotation. Then the rap is secured in place, said band released andthe jar removed. The jar can also be held for releasing the cap if desired by inverting the device on the table.

The clamping band releases or unwinds within, and is retained in proper place and position by the interior walls of t re hollow cylinder 30, the diameter of which is sli htly greater-than the holes 20 and 21 in the 10l(lmg or guide plates.

The device has a capacity, within the diametrical limits of the guide holes in the top and bottom plates, of firmly gripping objects of a widely varying range of diameters.

What I claim as mIy invention and desire to secure by Letters atent is:

1. Means for holding glass ars and the like from rotation which includes a frame} with a pair ofplates spaced from each other 'that surround the jar that afi'ord bearings therefor, a hand ada ted to surround the jar-When in place that is locatcdlietween said pla es and is secured substantially stationary at one end, and means for drawing the other end so as hand about the 'ar.

2. Means for ioldin glass jars and the like from rotation whicE includes a frame for receiving. the 'ar, a resilient band adapted to surround t e jar which is secured substantially stationary at one end, and a yielding means for drawin the other end so as to tighten the coil of t e band about the jar.

3. Means for holdin glass jars and the like from rotation whicgincludes a frame for receiving the jar, a band adapted to surround the jar which is secured substantially stationary at one end, a lever fulcrunied to said frame, and yielding means on said lever to which the relatively movable end of the band is secured. i 4. Means For holdin glass jars and the like from rotation whic 1 includes a cylinder adapted to receive the jar, a resilient band within said cylindec with the ends thereof projectin out of the cylinder, and means outside the cylinder for tightening the coil of the band to grip the jar, whereby when the band is released the coil will expand against the cylinder. i 5. Means for holdin to tighten the coil of the I I 9 glass jars and the like trom rotation WlllCll'lIlClUdBS a frame having holes in the top and bottom lates thereof for receiving the jar, a cy inder secured between said plates U1 line with said holes and of grea er diameter than said holes, a resilient band coiled within said cylinder with the ends thereof projecting out of the cylinder, means for securing one end of the hand substantially stationary, and means for drawing the other end thereof for tightening the coil.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixcd my signature in the presence of the witnesses heroin named.

HA it It Y W. DENNY.

Witnesses:

0. M. (iit'srzxlca, V. ll. lioch'wooo. 

